Fatigue Life Prediction for Cord‐Rubber Composite Tires Using a Global‐Local Finite Element Method

Abstract A failure analysis, based on fracture mechanics, may be useful for predicting the lifetime of a cord‐reinforced rubber composite pneumatic tire. This paper presents a new three‐dimensional...

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